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Women in science – global study finds presence without power - Elsacat - Apr 25 2026
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Quote:National science academies illustrate the scale of the gender gap. In 2025, women represented on average 19% of members of these bodies. That is an improvement from the results of the two previous studies – 12% in 2015 and 16% in 2020. But it still falls well below their presence in the wider research community. And the global average masks sharp disparities: in some academies, women account for fewer than 5% of members; in others, they approach 40%.
RE: Women in science – global study finds presence without power - Impress Polly - May 1 2026
Credited or not (often not), women have been crucial to many scientific advancements that define the modern world. The first computer program was created by a Ada Lovelace. The first debugger and developer of COBOL was Grace Hopper. Vera Cooper Rubin discovered dark matter. Nettie Stevens discovered sex chromosomes. Inge Lehmann discovered the Earth's inner core. Maria Sibylla Merian conceptualized insect metamorphosis. Brenda Milner founded neuropsychology. Mileva Maric is widely believed to have been instrumental in laying the foundation for the theory of relativity. And so many more! It's time for formal acknowledgement and representation of women's contributions.